Blacksmith's workshop, Mayfield
This smithy at 22 Wallash, Mayfield belonged to the Woodward family from 1805 and worked until Charles Woodward retired in 1965. Many of these tools were made by Mr Woodward and his father. It was collected ...
Blast furnace demolition at Shelton Bar steelworks
This picture shows the blast furnaces at Shelton Bar Steelworks in Stoke-on-Trent being demolished. Steel production at Shelton Bar ended in 1978 but the processing of existing steel continued in the ...
Blast Furnace workers, Apedale, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Abraham Parker put the first furnace at Apedale into blast in 1789. The works passed through a number of owners until 1890 when the Midland Coal, Coke and Iron Company was formed and took the ironworks ...
Blast furnaces, Congreaves Iron Works, Cradley Heath
Blast furnaces at Congreaves Iron Works, Congreaves Road, Cradley Heath. The British Iron Company set up its ironworks at Cradley Heath in 1825. By 1860 there were six blast furnaces on the site and ...
Bob Kemsley, blacksmith at Bagnall’s, Stafford
Pictured is Bob Kemsley who was photographed by the Staffordshire Newsletter for an article published on Saturday 23 August 1952, on retaining the skills of industrial veterans, many of whom were over ...
Boiler explosion, Cradley Heath
The aftermath of a boiler explosion at Cradley Heath, West Midlands. On 4 July 1906 the explosion at Penn Brothers' Providence Ironworks killed two men and injured 10 other people. The two men who were ...
Bolton's Brass Works, Froghall
Thomas Bolton & Sons set up a copper works at nearby Oakamoor in 1852-3. By 1890 there was no more room for expansion at Oakamoor so they began building at Froghall. Major extensions followed in the ...
Bolton's copper works
Thomas Bolton's copper works provided much employment in the village of Froghall.
The railway was essential in order to transport wound copper wire out of the valley and to destinations all over Britain ...
Bolton's copper works
Sidings at Bolton's Copper Works, Froghall, during the mid-1960s.
Drums of copper wire stand on the empty tracks. Wire manufactured both here and at Oakamoor would form the first Trans-Atlantic telegraph ...
Bolton's copper works
Bolton's Copper Works at Froghall, around 1950.
The works stands next to the Churnet Valley Railway. Although freight is now carried by road, the line now operates as a heritage railway, museum and ...
Bolton's Copper Works Dance at Alton Towers
Standing in the centre of this photograph is Mr Jack Beardmore with other workers and partners from Thomas Bolton's Froghall Copper Works.
Thomas Bolton & Sons set up a copper works at nearby Oakamoor ...
Bolton's Copper Works, Froghall, Kingsley
Thomas Bolton & Sons set up a copper works at nearby Oakamoor in 1852-3. By 1890 there was no more room for expansion at Oakamoor so they began building at Froghall. Major extensions followed in the 1930s, ...
Bolton's Copper Works, Froghall, Kingsley
Thomas Bolton & Sons set up a copper works at nearby Oakamoor in 1852-3. By 1890 there was no more room for expansion at Oakamoor so they began building at Froghall. Major extensions followed in the 1930s, ...
Boon Hill, Audley
A view of Boon Hill taken by photographer Thomas Warham of Audley. The entrance to the cricket ground is on the site of the white cottage. Boon Hill was a hamlet settled by nailmakers in the eighteenth ...
Boulton Paul Aircraft Factory, Pendeford, Wolverhampton
This photograph is taken of Boulton Paul's factory shop floor. It shows three men undertaking repairs on a Boulton Paul aircraft tail turret type 'E' which was fitted to a Halifax Bomber.
Boulton ...
Bradley Iron Works, Bilston : water colour painting
View of the ironworks, stretching back into the distance. Showing eleven furnaces, and pumping or winding engines, (on two,) and people at work. Artist: Robert Noyes.
Brassworks, Brookhouses, Cheadle
The disused brassworks at Brookhouses, Cheadle pictured shortly before demolition of the chimney. The brass and copper works were in operation at Spout Farm from about 1725 and had been derelict for ...
Brittain's Foundry Workers, Chesterton
At this time Brittain's Hope Foundry stood in Dragon Square, Chesterton, and had done since 1870, but it has since been demolished.